Abu Ali Iyad

Abu Ali Iyad (1934-23 July 1971) was a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader who was killed in Black September in Jordan in 1971. He was known for his fierce appearance caused by the lost of his right eye in an explosives malfunction.

Biography
Walid Ahmad Nimer al-Naser was born in 1934 in Qalqilyah, Mandatory Palestine to a family of Sunni Muslim Palestinians. Iyad was originally a teacher in lands such as Saudi Arabia and Algeria, and in 1964 he graduated from a training course in the Algerian Army. While there, Khalil al-Wazir recruited him into the armed wing of Fatah, and Iyad and Salah Khalaf were both given positions in the central committee of Fatah. Iyad led raids into northeastern Israel, and in 1968 he became the Palestine Liberation Organization's commander in Jordan. On 21 March 1968 Israel won the Battle of Karameh and destroyed the PLO camp there, but Israel later withdrew when the Jordanian Army became involved. In 1970 strained relations between the PLO and Jordan led to the Black September in Jordan insurgency, and Iyad lost his right eye in a malfunction of a bomb. On 23 July 1971 he was killed in battle with the Jordanian army and his body dragged behind a tank.